Our major party conventions aren鈥檛 what they used to be. That much was evident at last week鈥檚 covid-19-shaped virtual gathering of Democrats.From the goose-bump-raising presentation of the Star Spangled Banner at its opening and the travel-wishful roll call of the states on Tuesday to vivid ...
We all know people who don鈥檛 vote. People who say their one vote won鈥檛 count for much - a spritz of water in an ocean of votes, a crumb, if you will.And we all know people who say they don鈥檛 vote because Democratic and Republican politicians are the same: they鈥檙e all crooks, they鈥檙e ...
John Lewis just died. John L. Lewis died decades ago.John Lewis was a congressman and a hero of the civil rights movement. John L. Lewis was the longtime president of the United Mine Workers and a champion of the working-class.John Lewis was born in Georgia. John L. Lewis was born in Iowa. John ...
In the aftermath of America going to war seven decades ago, presidential secretary Grace Tully reported for work at the White House on December 8, 1941, to find the place transformed.鈥淭he grounds were under guard of a special detachment of Military Police,鈥� she would write, 鈥渁nd sentry ...
I wish one of two things would happen 鈥� that the media would quit squawking about Donald Trump playing golf 鈥� that Donald Trump would quit playing golf.Both pundits and Trump are giving golf a bad name. Golf is too valuable to be disrespected, which is exactly what鈥檚 happening now.Take ...
As a people we have long celebrated the idea of 鈥淎merican exceptionalism.鈥漈he concept itself has been debated from time to time, and while the idea that America is unique among the nations of the world has been buffeted about, its staying power has been little short of remarkable.It has ...